Long Bike

Yesterday I rode another 50+ miler.  I was supposed to ride 60, but cut it off at 54.  Mostly again because of time.  I had spent 2 hours the previous day running, then worked that afternoon/evening, and I was out the door at 6:50.  I had missed a lot of time with my babies, felt the 54 miles was a good workout and was closer to home than making another detour to tack on a few more miles.  I parked my bike, slipped into my running shoes and took off for a 2 mile run.

After my 14-miler Saturday morning, then all the time spent sitting at work, and then 3:23 on the bike, my legs were sore!  It does not help that the first part of my run is a very steep downhill.  The pounding on tired quads is a very strange sensation.  After about 1/2 mile, though, they loosened up to the point that I felt a relatively normal running stride, and though I felt very tired and thirsty (argh!), the two miles was no problem.  Could I have made it 11 more?

I was disappointed that I felt thirsty...I had to pee, so I drank a fair amount on my bike, but not enough when I looked at my bottles when I unpacked my bike.  I think I'll have to come up with a game plan to drink every x minutes or x miles.  It will probably be a little cooler in Wisconsin than it is here, and hopefully a little less humid on the lake front, so that will work in my favor.

Today is a rest day, then back at it again tomorrow.  Last week of long workouts!

Almost forgot...I rode my 54 miles in 3:23.  This time is still a bit slower than I thought I could do, but it still puts me at my goal time of about 6.5 hours total for the race.  If there is not a ton of wind, and I can push myself a little more in some spots, I can knock down that time a little.  I rode a very hilly route yesterday; good for legs, and more climbs than the race route, so hopefully that's a good thing for my bike split.